F9 darkens screen

[Christian Benz]

Am 07.12.2010 01:54, schrieb Glenn Holmer:
> I have an unusual issue: lately, when I press F9, instead of whatever
> that should mean in the focused window, the entire screen darkens.
> Doesn't turn black, just darkens somewhat. Just did it and I can still
> type into this window. I don't see anything in my keyboard shortcuts
> that would cause it. Anybody else ever seen this?
>
In my opinion it's the Widget Layer from Compiz Fusion. One can enable 
something like a dashboard which you may know from Macbooks.
You can add some Widgets (screenlets) and enbale "use as widget" (or 
sth. like that) in the options of the widget. For example, there are 
clocks, resource monitors or the weather forecast.
I installed it on another Computer and it works well.

Christian